Sprechgesang Institute

Sprechgesang Institute (S.I) is a research-based platform for artists1 working in an in-between language of two or more disciplines. We believe in the ability of the gap2 between genres to produce fresh and innovative perspectives, offering room to breathe without boundaries, space to improvise, and to question3 conventions. We host regular lectures, workshops, and dinners to draw connections and facilitate discussion of in-between languages4.

in search of:

-architects specializing in futurist parking lots -aesthetic ornithologists -theoretical engineers -tech geniuses with a good sense of rhythm -chefs with a passion for mythology -train enthusiasts -day-time astronomers -athletes with an interest in bees -meteorologists with a fear of rain -poets who can only compose in the Spring -choreographers with a keen sense of smell -those with unique obsessions -collectors of unpredictable objects -superstitious historians -existential political experts -avant-garde cartographers -textile designers with a fascination for horror films -theater directors with a commitment to the invisible -visual podcasters -frustrated roller-skaters -apocalyptic horticulturists -artists of all genres by all definitions

1. artist: someone who makes things5

2. gap: transitional space, a breath, a pause, a blink of silence that registers as substance, a striking resemblance to something familiar but not-yet named, an uncanny overlap

3. to question: why? why not? what if? how? if not now, when? how come? what happens when...? is it possible to...? why can't we...?

4. in-between languages: mash-ups of two or more modes of making things. The result could be, for instance: an omelette with its contents organized as an archaeological site OR a song cycle composed in the key of common household appliances OR a late-night radio program approached from the perspective of rare or endangered plant species.